2. The son who reunited with his mother after seeing her photo online

Olga Hernandez hugs her son Gabriel Salmeron Hernandez in Mexico. Salmeron Hernandez, who had disappeared during his journey through Mexico to reach the U.S., was reunited with his mother after seeing her photo on the Internet with a group of parents traveling through the area.

3. The dog who reunited with his human after getting lost in a hurricane

4. The little boy who reunited with his father after his tour of Afghanistan

Gavin Shaw flashes a smile as he hugs his father, Master Sergeant Adam Shaw, during a Welcome Home Ceremony in Fort Carson, Colorado. The soldiers had been deployed for nine months in various regions of Afghanistan.

6. The boy who loved his donkey

7. The sailor and his wife

An Argentine sailor greets a relative as he arrives in Buenos Aires airport. Nearly 300 navy cadets arrived in Argentina’s capital from Ghana on an Air France charter hired by the government after Argentina’s President Cristina Fernandez refused to negotiate the release of the Argentine naval sailing ship, Libertad. The ship had been held in a port outside Ghana’s capital when a Ghana court ruled to detain the vessel as collateral for Argentina’s unpaid debts.

15. The nose-nuzzling little kids

16. The Marshmallow Kid and the POTUS

U.S. President Barack Obama reacts as Joey Hudy of Phoenix, Arizona, launches a marshmallow from his Extreme Marshmallow Cannon in the State Dining Room of the White House during the second White House Science Fair in Washington.

23. The boy and his cat

David Nyssen holds his family cat Baby close after being reunited with him at Michigan State University’s Veterinary Clinic. Baby was shot in the head with a crossbow in the Nyssen family’s neighborhood in Jackson, Michigan.

25. Also this military couple

26. The therapy mini-horse and the old man

Jack Cutler smiles as he pets Tootsie, a miniature horse, at the Total Life adult day care center in Cary, North Carolina. With their calm personalities and small size, Tootsie and her companion Carmen, not seen, work well as therapy animals.

29. Ramon and his “R” tooth smile

An miner named Ramon flashes a gold letter “R” on his tooth as he smiles after working in a mine in the southern state of Bolivar. In the triangle that connects Venezuela, Brazil, and Guyana, a large number of illegal gold and diamond prospectors dream of changing their lives overnight by finding a huge bonanza.

31. The gold medalist

32. Happy Holi people

A couple smiles with their faces covered in coloured powder during Holi festival celebrations in Kuala Lumpur. Holi, also known as the festival of colors, celebrates the death of the Demoness Holika, and the love between Lord Krishna and his beloved Radha.

34. This happy couple just married in Seattle

Corianton Hale and Keith Bacon embrace after becoming the first couple to get married at Seattle City Hall in Seattle, Washington, on Dec. 9. Washington made history last month as one of three U.S. states where marriage rights were extended to same-sex couples by popular vote.

38. The Sandy survivors who thought they lost their family history

Rosemary McDermott and her husband opened a safe containing a family genealogy in the Breezy Point section of Queens. They salvaged the safe from the basement of Rosemary’s mother’s home after Superstorm Sandy.

40. This couple that finally got their wedding photo after 88 years

A centenarian couple who have been married for 88 years have their wedding photos taken. Wu Conghan, 101, and his wife Wu Songshi, 103, married in 1924, and have been together for almost 90 years. When they got married, there wasn’t the option of wedding photographs.